Camarillo News

Dennis Fercho, right, of Camarillo, was elected state commander of the American Legion.

By From staff reports Originally published 07:57 p.m., July 4, 2009 Updated 07:57 p.m., July 4, 2009 A suspected drunk driver caused an accident this afternoon near Camarillo that left her 11-year-old nephew in critical condition, the California Highway Patrol said.

The City Commission apparently decided that it would be barking up the wrong tree and will not inject itself in the dog controversy with the city's fire department.

Metropolitan Water District customers are now under mandatory water restrictions.

The prosecution's first witness Monday described a night of heavy drinking after work that ended in tragedy when an angry Lester Eugene Varnum drove his pickup truck onto a Camarillo sidewalk, killing a man.

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Camarillo police recovered a stolen vehicle and arrested three people Saturday. Around 5 p.m., Camarillo police spotted a car that had been reported stolen by the Oxnard Police Department.

A ball python is on display at the Center for Spiritual Living's second annual Critter Day Pet Faire.

The Camarillo City Council unanimously approved on Wednesday $200,000 in repairs to one of three wells that pump groundwater.

A former Camarillo school principal has been appointed executive director of a new Thousand Oaks charter school set to open in August.

A jury Tuesday found an Oxnard man guilty of stealing $516,000 from his former employer, a tire company, and not paying state taxes on the money he stole.

An owner and an employee of a Camarillo-based fire suppression company are scheduled to appear in Tulare County Superior Court today to have a trial date set.

When he returned home from the war in Afghanistan, Army Sgt. Travis Lee wore three steel bracelets with the names of comrades killed in action.

This summer, Swedish car company Volvo and European energy company Vattenfall will begin testing plug-in hybrids and gathering data about how people actually drive the cars and where they recharge them.

Winning ticket for Mother's Day Spa Basket Bunco players hope for prizes Soroptimists of Ventura held an evening of Bunco along with dinner, a silent auction and drawings for three Mothers Day Baskets in order to raise funds for scholarships and grants for Ventura women and non profits serving women and girls.

ColorLines , News feature/ Sam Richard knew he wanted to be a reporter early in his college career.

PBS Biotech of Camarillo is now well prepared to manufacture and sell disposable bioreactors, used for mass production of vaccines and cures for numerous diseases.

AlmaVia of Camarillo hosts the second free to the public, "Art with a Heart" series set for Sunday, June 28 from 2 to 4 p.m. at AlmaVia of Camarillo, 2500 Ponderosa Drive North, located between Las Posas and Antonio by St.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of installing faulty fire protection systems at 34 businesses in Tulare County, the Contractors State License Board reported Monday.

Here is a video of a protest against the demotion of a principal in Camarillo: I wonder if there is a connection between the quality of a school district and contentious school board politics.